Moro
Variety of Sweet orange · Citrus sinensis
The darkest blood orange with intensely deep-red flesh and berry notes.
Also known as: Moro Blood Orange
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartjuicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Blutorange der sizilianischen Gruppe
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 150 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Roundish, low-seeded, with often deeply red-flushed rind and burgundy, aromatic flesh; distinctive, slightly tangy berry flavour.
Growth
Colours earliest and most intensely of all blood oranges.
Yield
The most popular blood orange for deep-red fresh juice.
Notes
Its high anthocyanin content makes it the most deeply coloured blood orange.
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